Camera



July 6 1926.

A. .GRlEvEs CAMERA Filed June 22, 1925 3 Shasta-Sheet l INVENTOR.

- ATTORNEYS July 6, 1926. 1,591,484

A. GRIEVES CAMERA Filed June 22. 1925 3' Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNEYJ 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 A. GRIEVES CAIERA Filed June 2 1925 July 6, 1926.

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H N m T A I'thereto. v v i I Fig.8 1s airearview ofthe'len'sboxshojv-g "in swivelling vthe same;

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Patented July 6, 1926. I

xiv- My invention relates to 'improvements'-?in cameras it particularly relating to anarrangement whereby a pluralityof exposures of the same object may bemade upon a" single sensitized plate.

The object of my-invention is to provide an arrangement of the characterreferred to which will be simple in construction and effective in operation,- and also one which may if desired be applied tov any camera now in use with a slight alteration 'therein. In the'accompanying drawings Fig. 1' 's a plan view of a camera embody ing the improvements partly-broken1iawayand shown in section. i H Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the len's box showlng oneof fat-tachn' entsf o" the auxiliary ShutterQ;

of my. attachments and a1so "illus'tr'ating "in QXPOSHIGS.

Fig. 1 is a longitudinaliseetion of the mime: of

lens box supportshowing the Fig. 5 is a representation "of a photograph made from a plate upon which a SQIiG'SiOf -Q' exposures of the same object have been m'ade; Fig. 6 1s a view ofthe curtain which forms a part of one of my attachments Fig. 7 s a rear elevation of one of the auxiliary shutters:

Fig. 8 is a side view of the same. Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of the supporting guide plate for the auxiliary shutters}- Fig 10 is a side'elevatio'n ofthesame."

Fig. 11 is a front elevation of thescalle of the auxiliary iva'idly' to form a stop flange'17 The plate 7 13"(Figs. 9 and10)'in'which the diaphragm Fig. 13 is a rear elevation ofthe 'other of which indicates the position shutters.

Fig. 12 1s a side view of the same.

the auxiliary shutters.

Fig. 14 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 15 is a section on the line 1515 of in shaft for the auxiliary shutters.

i 520. is a front elevation of enee my.

uttae nnents.

details of the double Z crank arm which is attached to the operat 1,591,434 :iiPATE T iQ l f meat-see e1 :ieieeasiea.

' a p ic t itn'aiea m ie'ee, 1925s seriai'm. 38,673.

i Fig. 21 is 'asection on the line 21-21 of F Q v y a Fig-22 isa rearview of the same. 1 Fig. 23 is a plan view of the same.

'Referring to the drawings 1- represents 'the main casing of the camera and 2 the usual' hinged door-which when open forms a base andfis equipped with the usual slide 2- for-the sliding support 3; In the presentcase; the'base' of this sliding support is formed of two sections 3a'nd 3, the section "'3' "being mounted to slide uponthe slide 2 jand the section 3 is swivelly connected with :thekseetion'*3 by tl'ie p'in 8 (Fig. 4); The sectioni3'a has upwardlyprojecting standards =1-3f" provided with vertical grooves to receive the'tong ues 'formed on the side edges'of the coniie'ctedfl Theframe- 7 'h aS secured to it p n {"a jbox 4 onwhichflis secured the sleeve 4 Fig. 4 is a transverse sectio'nof the lens :arrylng sleeve and its'lenses show ngl o'ne 'whi'ch carries the tv'vo 'lenses'9 and 10; The {lenscarrying sleeve 4 hasformed thereon acircular-casing 5 which carries the usual adjustable' diaphragm and shutters, which ''I' will callthe' main shutters (not shown) and it also carries the main shutter operat jing devices connected in a general way at '6, and pointer 6 having a connection (not shown) with the adjustable diaphragm.

Onef-"o'f my; attachments consists of an "auxiliary"diaphragm consisting of a pair of members infthe '"form of plates 11 and 12 (Figsp 7],8, 1'3 and: l t for detail) which are slidably mounted in overlapping relat ion in a grooved plate 13 attached to the rear endfof the-lens box 1; Referring to Figs. 7, 8', 1 3 and 14, the plate 11 has an obl'ojng opening 1 1,the outside edge of which is bent' re'arwardly to form a stop fiange 15and"the plate 12 has an oblong opening '16 the outside of-which is bent rearmembers are mounted is provided with a circular opening 18 in size corresponding to thesize of each of the lenses and also has 'its'top and bottom edges bent to form chan- "nels 19 in' which the-diaphragm members slideilThe forward side of the plate 13 also preferably has a circular flange 20 which.

rojects into the circular interior of the lens 0x4 and abuts the rear end of the sleeve 4: To operate the diaphragm members there is provided a'shaft 21 which is; jour= haled in the wall of the lens box 4' Fig.'1) and. l projeets '1ong tudiaai1 with its rear end extended beyond the 'g-rear," endof'fthe lens box and its forward end provided with an integrally formed lever 22 which projects through a slotted opening 23 of 'the'rear- 5 wardly projecting flange 24 of a dial plate 25 secured to the lens box l, the fre'e'end of the lever beingben t over the outer edgenected to the plate 12 as at 31. I To aocommo-z date'this crank arm 2-9 the. plate l2-is; offset wasi-ndicatediat32. H i j i wiAs-aresult of'th'is arrangementwhenever *theIlerer-22 ismoved over'jthe dial the '-'platesll;and 12;w.ill be moved in opposite directions so ,asto, cause the openings 14 i. land-116': to overlapniore or less and vthereby increase Flor: 'idirninish the size or ;opening;

a through these auxiliary diaphragms.-,. In the a 1i premnt eese eight different, ;a;ttachments, are

providcddorp vlVhen tihep'ointer 26 is placed the indicationr-marlrecl2 on the dial 25 9:1anmopening will be provided through tan 1.2lUXll1fifY, diaphragm which will expose subistantiallyuone-half ,of :the sensitizedplate 'in:the camera. If-thepointer is placed at 8 the opening will be reduced so as to ex- :pose'but substantially one eighth of the sen sitized plate. In practice this exposureis somewhat greater.rthan one half hr \one eighth so as to ?p10Vl(l8 0l ,an overlappingofj exposures I in the maner vindicated 1n dot- I Ltedzlines in Fig; 4 in which the first ex- I posure is indicated by the lines a-a', the

secondexposure by the-lines bb;the next-v exposure bythe lines 0-0, etc, in which .-irit;will "be: seen that a and Z) and b and 0 vlsoverlap. i- 1 v j I Cooperating with the attachment thus 'de- "SGI'lbGdilS a second dial-plate '33 (Fig. 1)

'whiclnis provided with seven series of open--- ings. The first series has two openings, the 'rIlBKlSHSBIiQS three openings and so;:on, up toxeight'openings' inzthe last or outer series. This dialplate 33 is=extended over the entire upper. surfaceot-the-base section 3 and is secured thereto'so .astoremain stationary: and also provides a surface upon which the base section :3 may turn. Co- -operating with the dial 33 is a springfifinger .B .having ,a pin 35 adapted toyspring .in anyone. of the openings. '-This ,finger is adjustable in .and out and heldin iits ad- .justedposition by a clamp inthe form of a. thumbnut 36, the clamp securing the :finger to the basesection B. If .now, two

--'.exp0sures are to bemadenpon the sensitized plate the spring finger will be adjusted so {that grill sheep series of two openings in the lower circle of the dial plate. It first set in one openlng and aneirposu're made and then moved to the second opening and another exposure made. In making such exposures the aux- .iliarydiaphragm plates 11 and 12 have been adjusted to their Widest extent. If eight ex- ;posu'res are desired a the spring linger is moved outwardly to} the last series of eight openings, the openingthrough ,the plates 11 and 12 adjusted to itssm-allest extent and the spring finger moved from-one opening to .another as exposures are-madgfjT-his spring finger being connected tothe support 3 when ll'lOVGd turnsthe support together with the lens box ando'then apparatus carried-thereby to the diitferentjpositions relative 'tojthe objeot o'r. objeets .to-be photographed upon a single sensitizeds late as .manytimes as desired Avithi ntlrel mits of 1 and..8,i n:the-present.arrangement? .u

The second attachment is v F e -1. i6 32 an '21 'a ee s l s' p a h ere mda e e r l sfi slew-Her supported in a cylindrical OaS1Ilg lt-V- 411g: its ndt r ne iendiits t tans 65d z{F s Q n 13 yl nd e i formed with a reduce oirpnlar gpen ng ling 39wfits upon thegupperlendfpf.,thdlenscarrying sleeve 4.: .The-ourtain isproyided h a s er openin flmree i s en with the lens opening in tl1esleeveQj t;, an oblongopening 4,3 offalengtlrequalto the diameter of'the;opening:-{l2;,but muchnan rower than said opening and-ntvvo other smaller openings ,44: andw l placed-on opposite sides of theta-transverse oenterlrof the openings 42and 43.. .Qne rollgis, preferably provided with afinger pieoe, 38 tolwind the curtain fromroneroll to another, and the other roll is arspringrollw v j g The circular opening 4c2 is used onlyxvhen it is desired .-to expose the plate to a single viewzand the opening43 is used when the adjustable. diaphragm is fully{ opened as in darkiweather and-more than a single exposure is to be made upon the plate. :The

--openings 14 and 45 are used togxexpose respectively upper and lower portions of the plate when more than a single exposure is being made so thatthe same figure or body can be exposed uponhtheplateone above the other as shownat d and d in Fig. 5. The adjustable diaphragm contained in the casing 5 is adjusted in the ordinary Way to conform to weather conditions and-time of exposure-and the main shuttersalso contained in the casing 5 are likewise, manipulated in the usualmanner either. by Snap or time exposures-g i v v ,1 I

Havingthus described my invention, I claim: F f p 1. In a camera, the combinatiomlwith a plate holder, a laterally swingable lens-box a,bellows connecting' the plate holder rljof the lens-and carried by the lens box ing' an adjustable opening together with sfor adjusting the width only of said opening, without "altering the vertical cen- -ter'of theopenmg;

2. In a camera,'the combination, with a 2' and a bellows connecting the same to permit relativemovement' between the holderand" box, of a diaphragm member also in the rear of the lens and carried by said box additional to "the main diaphragm of the camera, said additional diaphragm member A having an opening, together with means foradjusting the iinly of said opening,

without altering 1e vertical center of the opening.

3. In a camera, the combination, of a laterally swingable lens box and a plate holder together with adjustable means for varying the distance between the same, of a device located in the rear of the lens and movable therewith having an adjustable opening together with means for adjusting the width only of said opening without altering the vertical center of the opening,

4:. In a camera, the combination, with the movable lens, of an auxiliary diaphragm located in the rear of the lens, said dia. phragm consisting of two apertured members arranged in overlapping'relation, together with means for adjusting said members simultaneously in opposite directions to increase or diminish the width only of the opening through the diaphragm, without altering the vertical center of said opening.

In a camera, the combination, with the lens, of a device located in the rear of the lens having an adjustable opening together with means for adjusting the size of said opening, and means for swinging the lens from side to side in steps proportional to the size of said opening.

6. In a camera, the combination, with a pivotally supported lens, of a device located in the rear of the lens having an adjustable opening together with means for adjusting the size of said opening, the pivotal point of said lens being located at the point of convergence of the light rays, and means for swinging the lens from side to side in steps proportional to the size of said open- 1. In a. camera, the combination, with the lens, of a device located in the rear of the lens and having an adjustable opening elongated vertically in the direction of the height of the sensitized plate together with means for adjusting the width of said opening, and means for swinging the lens from side to side in steps proportional to the width of said opening.

' 8. In a camera, the combination, with the *lens, of "a diaphragmfmemb'er located in'the rear off the lensa dditional to the main-diaphragmofthe camera, said additional diaphragm member' having an opening adjustable ,as to width to expose more'or less'of the length of the sensitized plate, and means ffor'swinging the lens from side to'side in v I j v 7 steps proportional to the width of said open- "plate holder, a laterally'swingable lensboxf' 1 In' a camera, the combination, with the lens, of an auxiliary diaphragm located in the rear ofthe'lens, said diaphragm consisting oftwo apertured members'arranged in overlapping relation, together with'means for adjusting said members simultaneously 'in opposite directions to increase or diminish the' size' of-the opening through the diaphragm, and means for swinging the lens from side to side in steps proportional to the size of said opening.

10. In a camera, the combination, with the lens, of a diaphragm member located in the rear of-the lens additional to the main diaphragm of the camera, said additional diaphragm member having an opening adjustable as to width to expose more or less of.

the sensitized plate, means for adjusting the width of said opening comprising a pointer and scale to determine the width of said opening, and means for swinging said lens from side to side comprising a pointer and scale to determine the extent of swinging movement imparted to said lens, the swing ing movements of: the lens and the size of said opening being relatively proportional.

11. In a camera, the combination, with the lens, of an auxiliary diaphragm located in the rear of the lens, said diaphragm consisting of two ap-ertured members arranged in overlapping relation, a rock shaft, an operating lever connected with said shaft, and pivotal connections between said shaft and diaphragm members for moving said members in opposite directions to regulate the size of the opening through the same.

12. In a camera, the combination, with the lens, of an adjustable diaphragm member located in the rear of the lens additional to the main diaphragm of the camera together with means for adjusting the size of the opening through said diaphragm, in connect1on with a curtain device arranged to be attached on the forward side of said lens and having a pair of openings one above and one below the transverse center of the lens and located in different vertical planes.

13. In a camera, the combination, with the lens, of an adjustable diaphragm member located in the rear of the lens additional to the main diaphragm of the camera together with means for adjusting the size of the opening through said diaphragm, in eon nection with a curtain device arranged to be attached on the forward side of said lens imd-having a pair of openings one above and one below the transverse center of the lens and located in difierent vertroalplanes,a

.iocatedin: the "rear-10f the lens additional to the main diaphragm of the camera together with meansvfor adjusting thesize of the opening through said diaphragm, in 0011- nectionwith a curtain device arranged to be attached on the forward side of said lens and having a pair of openings one above I and onebe'low the transverse center of the lens and'lo'oated in different vertical planes, :said onrtaini'device being mounted upon rolls the lens, of an auxiliarg emm .-for the purpose of moving thesalne to bring o f-sai'd lens. J r 5. In a camera, the Combination, fwith diaphmgmil cated in the rear or the lens avi'ng an adjustable opening, and a curtain device located; in front of the lens together with meander movingthe same transvefslyfof ithe l ns, said curtain devicehaving roundopn'ing substantially of 'the diameter "of the lens, {mean elongated opening of a width narrowerthan the diameter of than, and a pair of smaller openings, onebeloiv and'o'ne above the transverse center of said lens.

In testimony whereof, I have hereun my hand this 18th day of June;1925

1 ALBERTGRIEVES;

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